The Sky-lark-s Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDAE FGGHFH IJJKIK LMMNLN| WINGED voice to tell the skies of earth | A |
| Dear earth born lark sing on sing clear | B |
| Sing into heaven that she may hear | C |
| Sing what thou wilt so she but know | D |
| Thine ecstasy of summer mirth | A |
| And think ''Tis from the world below ' | E |
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| Instant old wont returns fresh brought | F |
| And her desire goes seeking me | G |
| For whom her whole world used to be | G |
| And all my world for sake of her | H |
| She cannot think an earthward thought | F |
| That shall not seem my messenger | H |
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| She will be glad for love and smile | I |
| Saying 'Thank God for joy like ours | J |
| Saying 'There come the kind home hours | J |
| His work day will be sped ere long | K |
| That keeps him hence this little while | I |
| 'Sing lark until she know thy song | K |
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| Sing of the earth but sing no care | L |
| Sing thine own measureless content | M |
| She will remember what it meant | M |
| Griefs are too base but carolling thus | N |
| Thou with thy joy mayst reach her there | L |
| And she joy too remembering us | N |
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